- Music
- 09 Jul 24
The legendary grunge icon and Screaming Trees frontman died at his home in Killarney in 2022.
Itâs been nearly 2 years since Mark Lanegan died at home in Killarney, Co. Kerry, aged 57. Since then, his social media accounts had remained inactive, that is, until this week, when a tweet teased an upcoming posthumous release.
We appreciate your kind & loving words over the last 2 years.
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â mark lanegan (@marklanegan) July 8, 2024
âWe appreciate your kind & loving words over the last 2 years,â the post reads. âThere is lots of news to share with you very soon.â
Alongside the announcement are pictures of Abbey Road studiosâ front door and a hoard of mixing consoles.
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Hailing from Washington State, Lanegan rose to prominence as the lead singer of the envelope-pushing, alt-rock band Screaming Trees, a heavy hitter in Seattle's emerging grunge scene in the early â90s.
He went from rock underdog to punk's top dog, with a stockpile of incredible solo releases under his belt, collaborations with Kurt Cobain and Isobel Campbell and a longtime member of Queens of the Stone Age. His last album was 2020âs Straight Songs of Sorrow, making this upcoming release the first from Lanegan in 4 years.